Bluetooth Stickers for Lab Inventory

We make free lab inventory software and are considering offering Bluetooth stickers as a better way to monitor lab inventory. This type of product doesn’t exist so we are reaching out to get feedback and see if there’s interest.

The benefit to labs would be massive time savings since it would essentially eliminate barcoding, scanning, quantity tracking and reconciliation tasks. Just instant updates through the phone in your pocket. The stickers are small and flexible enough to be placed on the majority of items.

Bluetooth Sticker Technical Details:

• 10m range (30 feet) in the lab
• 12 month battery life
• Water resistant
• Flexible (fits around the head of a wine bottle, testing is tough sometimes)
• Size of an Avery barcode label (~9 x 77 mm and 0.5mm thick or 1.1 x 3 inches and 0.2 inches thick), image below for a size reference

We are targeting a price point of $2 per a sticker and production would be in about 8 to 12 weeks depending on the response. The initial production would be for 25,000 units and are asking if your lab or your stockroom wants an allocation. Labs commonly have 500 to 1,000 items therefore we need about 50 labs that are interested.

We initially emailed this request to current Lab Spend users and the response has been great! Here are some FAQs so far:

Why not NFC or RFIDs instead of Bluetooth?

The range of NFC and RFIDs is about the same distance as scanning barcodes. We’d like to inventory all the items in a room just by standing in the room.

Do the Bluetooth stickers interfere with each other?

No, we’ve tested over 1,400 stickers in close proximity.

If Bluetooth stickers are of interest, please send us an email to support@labspend.com